New Titles

Thick with trouble

McBride, Amber,


Booklist, January 2024. "In Thick with Trouble, award-winning poet Amber McBride interrogates if being "trouble"-difficult, unruly, powerful, defiant-is ultimately a weakness or an incomparable source of strength. Steeped in the hoodoo spiritual tradition and organized via reimagined tarot cards, this collection becomes a chorus of unapologetic women who laugh, cry, mesmerize, and bring outsiders to their knees. Summoning the supernatural to examine death, rebirth, and life outside the male gaze, Amber McBride has crafted a haunting, spellbinding, and strikingly original collection of poems that reckon with the force and complexity of Black womanhood"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2024

Booklist, January 2024. "In Thick with Trouble, award-winning poet Amber McBride interrogates if being "trouble"-difficult, unruly, powerful, defiant-is ultimately a weakness or an incomparable source of strength. Steeped in the hoodoo spiritual tradition and organized via reimagined tarot cards, this collection becomes a chorus of unapologetic women who laugh, cry, mesmerize, and bring outsiders to their knees. Summoning the supernatural to examine death, rebirth, and life outside the male gaze, Amber McBride has crafted a haunting, spellbinding, and strikingly original collection of poems that reckon with the force and complexity of Black womanhood"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2024

The white guy dies first : 13 scary stories of fear and power /


"Contributors: Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Kalynn Bayron, Kendare Blake, H.E. Edgmon, Lamar Giles, Chloe Gong, Alexis Henderson, Tiffany D. Jackson, Adiba Jaigirdar, Naseem Jamnia, Mark Oshiro, Karen Strong, Terry J. Benton-Walker." A collection of thirteen scary stories by authors of color.
Date Published:2025

Under the neon lights

Vinson, Arriel,


School Library Journal, June 2025. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), July 2025. "Sixteen-year-old Jaelyn Coleman falls in love for the first time at her local, beloved roller-skating rink, just as news hits it is shutting down amidst her neighborhood quickly gentrifying"--
Date Published:2025

Sundown girls

Stratton, L. S.,


"This book includes mentions of murder, racism, kidnapping, and lynching"--Note to the reader page. School Library Journal starred, October 2025. Pub Weekly, October 2025. Kirkus Starred, December 2025. Booklist, December 2025. "Sixteen-year-old Naomi Stoakes's family vacation in a Virginia town with a violent past turns into a terrifying ordeal when a ghost begins haunting her window and Naomi starts a chilling search for two missing girls that forces her to confront both local dangers and her own haunting memories"--OCLC.
Date Published:2026

"This book includes mentions of murder, racism, kidnapping, and lynching"--Note to the reader page. School Library Journal starred, October 2025. Pub Weekly, October 2025. Kirkus Starred, December 2025. Booklist, December 2025. "Sixteen-year-old Naomi Stoakes's family vacation in a Virginia town with a violent past turns into a terrifying ordeal when a ghost begins haunting her window and Naomi starts a chilling search for two missing girls that forces her to confront both local dangers and her own haunting memories"--OCLC.

Date Published:2026

Sparking fire out of fate

Kemmerer, Brigid,


Kirkus Starred, December 2025. "When their missions bring them together, Tycho, Jax, and Callyn find themselves facing threats from all sides. With one last chance to save their magic and their kingdoms, they must work together, or lose everything"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2026

Song of a blackbird

Van Lieshout, Maria,


Maps on endpapers. School Library Journal starred, November 2024. Booklist starred, January 2025. Horn Book Starred, March 2025. Pub Weekly, October 2024. Kirkus Starred, November 2024. "In 1943 Amsterdam, Emma Bergsma's world changes when she witnesses Jewish families being forcibly deported to concentration camps. That pivotal moment lights a fire within her, and she decides to join the Dutch Resistance. Before long, Emma is drawn into a clandestine world of printing presses and counterfeiters, with thousands of lives on the line. In 2011 Amsterdam, teenage Annick's world has changed as well. A search for a bone marrow donor for her beloved oma leads to a shocking revelation: her grandmother was secretly adopted as a child. The only clues to finding their lost family are a series of art prints hanging on the wall―each signed by a mysterious 'Emma B'--Amazon.
Date Published:2025

Maps on endpapers. School Library Journal starred, November 2024. Booklist starred, January 2025. Horn Book Starred, March 2025. Pub Weekly, October 2024. Kirkus Starred, November 2024. "In 1943 Amsterdam, Emma Bergsma's world changes when she witnesses Jewish families being forcibly deported to concentration camps. That pivotal moment lights a fire within her, and she decides to join the Dutch Resistance. Before long, Emma is drawn into a clandestine world of printing presses and counterfeiters, with thousands of lives on the line. In 2011 Amsterdam, teenage Annick's world has changed as well. A search for a bone marrow donor for her beloved oma leads to a shocking revelation: her grandmother was secretly adopted as a child. The only clues to finding their lost family are a series of art prints hanging on the wall―each signed by a mysterious 'Emma B'--Amazon.

Date Published:2025

Pretty guardian Sailor Moon.

Takeuchi, Naoko.


Translation of: Bishåojo senshi Såeråa Måun. "A Kodansha trade paperback original"--Colophon. Book reads from right to left in the traditional Japanese format. "Rated: teen 13+"--Back cover. "Teenager Usagi is not the best athlete, she's never gotten good grades, and, well, she's a bit of a crybaby. But when she meets a talking cat, she begins a journey that will teach her she has a well of great strength just beneath the surface and the heart to inspire and stand up for her friends as Sailor Moon!"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2022

Translation of: Bishåojo senshi Såeråa Måun. "A Kodansha trade paperback original"--Colophon. Book reads from right to left in the traditional Japanese format. "Rated: teen 13+"--Back cover. "Teenager Usagi is not the best athlete, she's never gotten good grades, and, well, she's a bit of a crybaby. But when she meets a talking cat, she begins a journey that will teach her she has a well of great strength just beneath the surface and the heart to inspire and stand up for her friends as Sailor Moon!"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2022

Jujutsu kaisen.

Akutami, Gege, 1992-


Translation of: Jujutsu kaisen. Book reads from right to left in the traditional Japanese format. "Parental advisory: Jujutsu kaisen is rated T+ for older teen and is recommended for ages 16 and up. This v. contains fantasy violence"--Page facing t.p. "Itadori closes in on Sukuna thanks to the help of Miguel and Larue, two members of Geto's faction. Despite getting weaker, Sukuna pulls off a black flash attack and begins to recover! As the ultimate battle unfolds, Itadori uses black flash himself in order to awaken his potential!"--Back cover.
Date Published:2026

Translation of: Jujutsu kaisen. Book reads from right to left in the traditional Japanese format. "Parental advisory: Jujutsu kaisen is rated T+ for older teen and is recommended for ages 16 and up. This v. contains fantasy violence"--Page facing t.p. "Itadori closes in on Sukuna thanks to the help of Miguel and Larue, two members of Geto's faction. Despite getting weaker, Sukuna pulls off a black flash attack and begins to recover! As the ultimate battle unfolds, Itadori uses black flash himself in order to awaken his potential!"--Back cover.

Date Published:2026

He's so possessed with me

Liu, Corey,


Publishers Weekly, August 2025. Booklist, September 2025. Kirkus Review, October 2025. "A boy must save his best friend from a demon that wants to steal his heart--literally"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2025

Forging silver into stars

Kemmerer, Brigid,


School Library Journal, June 2022. Pub Weekly, May 2022. Kirkus Starred, March 2022. Library Media Connection starred, August 2022. "When the King's Courier, Lord Tycho, stops in the small town of Briarlock he is quick to befriend Jax and Callyn, but the town has long been an outpost for the anti-magic Truthbringers, and soon they find themselves embroiled in a world of shifting alliances and ancient magic"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2022

School Library Journal, June 2022. Pub Weekly, May 2022. Kirkus Starred, March 2022. Library Media Connection starred, August 2022. "When the King's Courier, Lord Tycho, stops in the small town of Briarlock he is quick to befriend Jax and Callyn, but the town has long been an outpost for the anti-magic Truthbringers, and soon they find themselves embroiled in a world of shifting alliances and ancient magic"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2022

Devils like us

Thompson, L. T.,


School Library Journal, October 2025. Pub Weekly, March 2025. Kirkus Review, April 2025. "[A] historical fantasy about three queer teens and their found family of queer pirates facing down a secret magical society"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2025

Dating and dragons

Boyce, Kristy.


After starting at a new school, high school junior Quinn joins a D&D group to make friends but finds herself torn between her feelings for a charming yet annoying teammate and the drama stirred up by ex-friends from a previous campaign.
Date Published:2024

A curse so dark and lonely

Kemmerer, Brigid,


School Library Journal, November 2018. Library Media Connection starred, January 2019. Kirkus Starred, November 2018. Booklist, November 2018. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), December 2018. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), February 2019. Publishers Weekly Annex, January 2019. Eighteen for the three hundred twenty-seventh time, Prince Rhen despairs of breaking the curse that turns him into a beast at the end of each day until feisty Harper enters his life.
Date Published:2019

School Library Journal, November 2018. Library Media Connection starred, January 2019. Kirkus Starred, November 2018. Booklist, November 2018. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), December 2018. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), February 2019. Publishers Weekly Annex, January 2019. Eighteen for the three hundred twenty-seventh time, Prince Rhen despairs of breaking the curse that turns him into a beast at the end of each day until feisty Harper enters his life.

Date Published:2019

Attack on Titan

Isayama, Hajime, 1986-,


Pages ordered from right to left. After helping humanity take the town of Trost back from the Titans, Eren awakes to find herself held captive by Erwin Smith, leader of the Survey Corps, who needs Eren's help retrieving her father's research from Titan territory.
Date Published:2013

Samurai rising : the epic life of Minamoto Yoshitsune /

Turner, Pamela S.,


Disaster in Kyoto: Kyoto, 1160 CE -- Headless ghosts: Kurama, 1160-1174 CE -- Samurai boot camp: Hiraizumi, 1174- 1180 CE -- Brothers-in-arms: Kamakura, 1180-1184 CE -- Perilous river: Kyoto, 1184 CE -- Midnight strike: Ichi-no-Tani, 1184 CE -- Hooves like hailstones: Ichi-no-Tani, 1184 CE -- Into the storm: Kyoto, Shikoku, and Yashima, 1184-1185 CE -- The dropped bow: Yashima, 1185 CE -- The drowned sword: Dan-no-Ura, 1185 CE -- Assassins in the dark: Dan-no-Ura, Kyoto, and Koshigoe, 1185 CE -- Shizuka's song: Kyoto, Kamakura, and the Yoshino Mountains, 1185-1186 CE -- The fugitive: locations unknown, 1185-1187 CE -- Feast of arrows: Hiraizumi, 1187-1189 CE -- Epilogue: the Samurai weeps. School Library Journal starred, December 2015. Booklist starred, October 2015. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, March 2016. Kirkus Starred, November 2015. New York Times, May 2016. Horn Book, October 2016. Christian Library, July 2017. Chronicles the life and career of samurai Minamoto Yoshitsune, discussing his exile as a child, running away as a teenager, becoming a military genius and more.
Date Published:2018

Disaster in Kyoto: Kyoto, 1160 CE -- Headless ghosts: Kurama, 1160-1174 CE -- Samurai boot camp: Hiraizumi, 1174- 1180 CE -- Brothers-in-arms: Kamakura, 1180-1184 CE -- Perilous river: Kyoto, 1184 CE -- Midnight strike: Ichi-no-Tani, 1184 CE -- Hooves like hailstones: Ichi-no-Tani, 1184 CE -- Into the storm: Kyoto, Shikoku, and Yashima, 1184-1185 CE -- The dropped bow: Yashima, 1185 CE -- The drowned sword: Dan-no-Ura, 1185 CE -- Assassins in the dark: Dan-no-Ura, Kyoto, and Koshigoe, 1185 CE -- Shizuka's song: Kyoto, Kamakura, and the Yoshino Mountains, 1185-1186 CE -- The fugitive: locations unknown, 1185-1187 CE -- Feast of arrows: Hiraizumi, 1187-1189 CE -- Epilogue: the Samurai weeps. School Library Journal starred, December 2015. Booklist starred, October 2015. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, March 2016. Kirkus Starred, November 2015. New York Times, May 2016. Horn Book, October 2016. Christian Library, July 2017. Chronicles the life and career of samurai Minamoto Yoshitsune, discussing his exile as a child, running away as a teenager, becoming a military genius and more.

Date Published:2018

Unwind

Shusterman, Neal,


Wilson's Senior High School, January 2009. Wilson's Junior High School, November 2008. School Library Journal starred, January 2008. Book Links (A.L.A.), October 2008. Pub Weekly, November 2007. Booklist, October 2007. New York Times, March 2008. Horn Book, October 2008. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), February 2008. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2007. Three teens embark upon a cross-country journey in order to escape from a society that salvages body parts from children ages thirteen to eighteen.
Date Published:2009

Wilson's Senior High School, January 2009. Wilson's Junior High School, November 2008. School Library Journal starred, January 2008. Book Links (A.L.A.), October 2008. Pub Weekly, November 2007. Booklist, October 2007. New York Times, March 2008. Horn Book, October 2008. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), February 2008. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2007. Three teens embark upon a cross-country journey in order to escape from a society that salvages body parts from children ages thirteen to eighteen.

Date Published:2009

Dear Martin

Stone, Nic,


"Justyce McAllister is top of his class at Braselton Prep, captain of the debate team, and set for an Ivy League school next year- but none of that matters to the police officer who just put him in handcuffs. He's eventually released without charges (or an apology), but the incident rattles him. Despite leaving his rough neighborhood, he can't seem to escape the scorn of his former peers or the attitude of his new classmates. The only exception: Sarah Jane, Justyce's gorgeous -and white- debate partner he wishes he didn't have a thing for. Justyce has studied the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. But do they hold up now? He starts a journal to Dr. King to find out. Then Justyce goes driving with his best friend, Manny, windows rolled down, music turned up. Much to the fury of the white off-duty cop beside them. Words fly, Shots are fired. And Justyce and Manny are caught in the crosshairs In the media fallout, it's Justyce who is under attack."--Jacket. Writing letters to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., seventeen-year-old college-bound Justyce McAllister struggles to face the reality of race relations today and how they are shaping him.
Date Published:2017

"Justyce McAllister is top of his class at Braselton Prep, captain of the debate team, and set for an Ivy League school next year- but none of that matters to the police officer who just put him in handcuffs. He's eventually released without charges (or an apology), but the incident rattles him. Despite leaving his rough neighborhood, he can't seem to escape the scorn of his former peers or the attitude of his new classmates. The only exception: Sarah Jane, Justyce's gorgeous -and white- debate partner he wishes he didn't have a thing for. Justyce has studied the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. But do they hold up now? He starts a journal to Dr. King to find out. Then Justyce goes driving with his best friend, Manny, windows rolled down, music turned up. Much to the fury of the white off-duty cop beside them. Words fly, Shots are fired. And Justyce and Manny are caught in the crosshairs In the media fallout, it's Justyce who is under attack."--Jacket. Writing letters to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., seventeen-year-old college-bound Justyce McAllister struggles to face the reality of race relations today and how they are shaping him.

Date Published:2017

Beth is dead

Bernet, Katie,


"Ages 12 up"--Jacket flap. School Library Journal, November 2025. Pub Weekly, October 2025. Kirkus Starred, November 2025. Booklist, December 2025. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), November 2025. "Told in multiple perspectives, the March sisters discover Beth's body in the woods and work together to identify her killer, until they start to suspect each other"--Publisher.
Date Published:2026

The darkest minds

Bracken, Alexandra,


"Exclusive Liam story inside"--Front cover. School Library Journal, March 2013. Publishers Weekly, October 2012. Booklist, December 2012. Horn Book, April 2013. Choice, April 2013. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), February 2013. Kirkus Review, May 2012. Library Media Connection, March 2013. "Sixteen-year-old Ruby breaks out of a government-run 'rehabilitation camp' for teens who acquired dangerous powers after surviving a virus that wiped out most American children"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2013

"Exclusive Liam story inside"--Front cover. School Library Journal, March 2013. Publishers Weekly, October 2012. Booklist, December 2012. Horn Book, April 2013. Choice, April 2013. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), February 2013. Kirkus Review, May 2012. Library Media Connection, March 2013. "Sixteen-year-old Ruby breaks out of a government-run 'rehabilitation camp' for teens who acquired dangerous powers after surviving a virus that wiped out most American children"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2013

We don't have time for this

Craft, Brianna.


School Library Journal, August 2024. Booklist, July 2024. As co-president of her high school's environmental justice club, Isa Brown wants to make real change--but her infuriating co-president, hustler Darius Freeman, wants to do things his own way, and as they constantly clash over everything, both their hearts and their communities are at risk.
Date Published:2024